title: Expert commentary: a multicenter study to define the incidence of short esophagus in surgical patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease.
authors.affiliation: Division of Thoracic Surgery, University of Toronto-Toronto General Hospital, Mansfield, Ontario, Canada. fgpearson@sympatico.ca
authors.forename: F Griffith
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: Pearson
mesh_terms: D004943:Esophagogastric Junction / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D004945:Esophagoscopy / Q000379:methods; D004947:Esophagus / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005764:Gastroesophageal Reflux / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007430:Intraoperative Care; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013906:Thoracoscopy / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome